PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – A quick look at Friday at THE PLAYERS Championship, where weather won the day once again.
DUSTIN JOHNSON (4 under thru 16): The former FedExCup champ had hit his tee shot at the island-green 17th to 18 feet when play was delayed. RORY McILROY (1 over thru 15): It was an up-and-down day for the 2019 champ. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER (4 under thru 15): The FedExCup leader is off to another strong start, going bogey-free thus far. The par-4 sixth hole hasn’t been a pushover, playing as the 11th most difficult so far at 4.008, but it is penalty-free. Players did not return to the course Friday, leaving 47 players yet to complete the first round (Luke List withdrew mid-round) and a requiring a Monday finish at earliest. After Tyler McCumber’s early-Friday withdrawal (shoulder injury), Thompson was next man up, and he took advantage with two birdies and an eagle in his first five holes. While the emotions remain raw, Day is making his best efforts to continue to do what his mother loved watching him do. “We’re into a Monday finish,” said PGA TOUR Chief Referee Gary Young. “We know that.” The opening round will resume no earlier than 11 a.m. ET Saturday, with players to receive the next update at 7 a.m. ET. The last Monday finish at THE PLAYERS came in 2005, with Fred Funk as champion. Day was a late WD from last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational when he rushed to his mother Dening’s side as she lost her five-year battle with cancer. “Something that you kind of wish you would keep playing and keep the momentum going, but the course is unplayable. The Australian reached 4-under twice on the back nine after par-5 birdies only to give a shot back each time on the following holes. “We were just trying to stay in the moment and not get too ahead of ourselves with all the rain.
The Players' chief referee, Gary Young, said: 'The golf course has reached an unplayable point,' after two and a half inches of rain fell in 24 hours.
We knew it was just going to be a point where we’re just going to be battling too hard to keep up. “The potential is there,” said the event’s chief referee, Gary Young, of a Tuesday conclusion. Jason Day produced a 69 after finishing his first round on Friday morning. The staff did a great job keeping up with the greens as much as we could, trying to manage play through some really difficult [storm] cells that we were facing. The golf course has reached a point where it’s unplayable.” After torrential rain and approaching electric storms halted play at Sawgrass on Friday morning, the PGA Tour said a Monday finish had become inevitable.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Through two days at the 2022 Players Championship the leader by a wide margin is rain. Storms delayed Thursday's play twice at TPC ...
- Except for the Players Championship, In the event of a suspension during a final round being played on Monday when at least half of the field has completed play, the final round will be completed Tuesday, but not later. Further, if no situation would we resume play in order to have 50 percent or more of the field complete their round. Friday started on time, albeit in a steady downpour, and then play was eventually suspended for the day at 11:15 a.m. ET with 47 players still needing to complete their first rounds.
Round 2 of the 2022 Players Championship starts Friday at TPC Sawgrass in Florida. Here's how to watch Round 2 on TV or online.
5:26 p.m. – K.H. Lee, Adam Long, Kevin Tway 5:04 p.m. – Cameron Champ, Matt Jones, Francesco Molinari 4:20 p.m. – Adam Schenk, Kramer Hickok, Lee Hodges 5:15 p.m. – Joaquin Niemann, Patrick Rodgers, Cameron Smith 5:04 p.m. – Sergio Garcia, Adam Scott, Louis Oosthuizen 12:59 p.m. – Brice Garnett, Adam Hadwin, Danny Lee 12:48 p.m. – Luke List, Seamus Power, Kevin Na Looking to make a (legal!) wager yourself? Fans can also stream the Round 2 Golf Channel TV coverage on golfchannel.com. If you buy a linked product, GOLF.COM may earn a fee. They are expected to resume their first rounds Friday morning at 7:15 a.m. ET. If all goes well, the second round should begin around 11:20 a.m. ET. Here’s what you need to know to watch Round 2 on TV or online.
The Players Championship will finish on Monday after heavy rain and storms wrecked the first two days of the PGA Tour's $20m flagship tournament.
Severe weather has pushed the remainder of Round 1 and the start of Round 2 into Saturday.
Would be pretty wild if the tournament ended on Tuesday morning! 2022 The Players: Friday Recap, Reaction & Analysis From Rainy TPC Sawgrass There's plenty of time to salvage the tournament, of course, but when we look back on this event in the future, we will likely remember it for the dreary, rainy bummer of a week it's been thus far. » https://t.co/dZJBEwI5kH https://t.co/rNxhnU16sF March 11, 2022 welp— The First Cut Podcast (@FirstCutPod) https://t.co/J4bs23QxtL March 11, 2022 All in all, this week has been a sloppy, unfortunate mess, especially with all the excitement and storylines coming into the event. A glance at the radar shows more rain expected on Saturday morning before the wind howls in the afternoon. We would stick with that as the earliest" If our calculations on everything hold together and we're able to start tomorrow, we certainly expect to be finished with the championship on Monday." At one point on Thursday, Collin Morikawa -- who is even thru 15 holes -- hit a top with his 3-wood because conditions were so slick and nasty. Players like Jon Rahm and Will Zalatoris, who played early on Thursday, might not hit a shot again until Sunday depending on delays and how much water the course takes on overnight. After enduring an early downpour, players were pulled off the course at 11:15 a.m. ET with Round 2 just about to start as Round 1 headed toward a close.
It's been, let's just say, a slow start to the 2022 Player Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Heavy rain, wind, and thunderstorms have rolled into the Ponte ...
You can watch Golf Channel for free on fuboTV. ESPN+ is the exclusive home for PGA Tour Live streaming. NBC Sports will have the weekend network TV coverage. We recommend interesting sports viewing and streaming opportunities. Daniel Berger also played well after the re-start, sitting at 5-under through 16. There are 47 players who still have to finish their first rounds. The PGA Tour announced at 3 p.m. ET that play was canceled for the day and the earliest it will re-start is Saturday at 12 p.m. A massive storm system is set to hover above the course from 8 – 10 a.m. Saturday.